There is a sliding scale of human worth that police seem to work off. It isn’t universal, but it definitely seems tightly linked to race and income.
Slate had a good brief review of how this fits in with a number of recent incidents:
None of those girls did anything that could even begin to justify the abuse they received. Adults often excuse their egregious actions toward Black children by leaning into stereotypes that Black kids, especially girls, are defiant, unruly, and “bad.” In their minds, these kids have to be reeled in and the only way to do that is with force. Black children are seen as older, nefarious, and inherently violent. They are afforded no innocence or understanding. Often, they are blamed for the violence inflicted upon them. None of the officers who responded to that 911 call in Rochester, at least none on video, thought to meet a screaming child with compassion or anything other than pulling at her arms, throwing her into the snow in 17 degree weather, and spraying her in the face with an irritant.
I guess they made no attempt to make he was their guy before shooting him.
“Officers attempted life-saving measures, but they were unsuccessful. Emergency medical personnel from the Idaho Falls Fire Department also responded and were also unable to provide any lifesaving aid to the man,” Johnson said.
That’s a pretty safe guess for Idaho Falls. It appears the person they were really hunting down was white so I’m guessing the mistaken identity was as well.
I meant we knew he was white because “Officers attempted life-saving measures".
As opposed to the Ohio cops who mistakenly shot a black man holding a cell phone and did NOT attempt life-saving measures, or comforting measures, or treat him like a human being measures…
Beverly Hills cops are playing copyrighted music while being filmed by activists so that the people filming them can’t post the videos on social media, because the social media platforms will take the clips down for violating copyright.
Huh, I wonder how B.M.E. Music Group feels about that. They go after people who play music in public without a license. Be funny if they go after these cops.
Did you notice that these guys have been disciplined more harshly than the cops who choked the guy to death. I guess looking bad is still worse than actually doing bad.
